Islander Challenge 2013

Junior ROTC cadets from regional high schools fought through a series of challenges during the Army ROTC Islander Battalion’s fourth annual “Islander Challenge” on Saturday at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Teams had to lug ocean kayaks through the water, dig trenches and move tractor tires among other obstacles

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times A Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps team from Somerset High School in San Antonio collapses as it carries a ocean kayak across the water Saturday. This event was one of several obstacles cadets competed in during the Army ROTC Islander Battalion’s fourth annual Islander Challenge.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times The JROTC team from Aransas Pass High School goes through one part of obstacle course during the Army ROTC Islander Battalion’s fourth annual “Islander Challenge” on Saturday, March 23, at Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Tuloso Midway JROTC sophomore, Jenna Lee Garcia, collapses out of breath after she and her team helped carry a ocean kayak about 75 yards across the water at University Beach at TExas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Moody High School JRoTC team runs through the tires of an obstacle course during team competition against other regional high schools at University Beach.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Cadets with the JROTC team from Tuloso Midway High School move a large tractor tire across about 20 yards of beach.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times A cadet from Tuloso Midway High School is helped out of the sand pits by another team member during the Army ROTC Islander Battalion’s fourth annual “Islander Challenge” on Saturday. The teams had to dig up sand pits, crawl through a canal-like hole.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Carroll High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps in a close race against Tuloso Midway High School finishes ahead in a obstacle coarse during the Army ROTC Islander Battalion’s fourth annual “Islander Challenge” on Saturday on University Beach.